28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) diam

The present dish is based on Ming prototypes such as the Jiajing-marked example in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II) Hong Kong, 2000, p. 125, pl. 115. Two related unmarked blue and white ‘dragon’ dishes dated to the Yongzheng period were sold at Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, London, 6 March 1979, lots 375 and 376. A larger, Qianlong-marked dish with a similar full-frontal dragon but with additional dragons and waves around the well and rim, was sold at Christie’s New York, 25 March 2011, lot 1667.

Price estimate:
HKD: 150,000-250,000
USD: 19,400-32,300

Auction Result:
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